Monarch Of Time

Chapter 963 The seventh trial: Showdown! (2)

The old man's voice roared like booming thunder, reverberating throughout the populated mountain peak and waking up those disciples who were still in meditation.

Those who had already passed the sixth trial were now wide awake, looking at their surroundings with curiosity and surprise, while those who were still undertaking the sixth trial seemed to be in a daze after being forcefully woken up by the loud voice!

Surprisingly, among those dazed faces, Shun Long quickly noticed an overly familiar figure, one that he didn't expect to see still undertaking the sixth trial, Bai Longtian.

''Longtian actually failed the sixth trial?'' This time, Shun Long was genuinely taken aback as he looked at the handsome, long-haired young man in white robes who had a frustrated look on his face.

Indeed, Bai Longtian had failed to pass the sixth trial in time and was about to get kicked out of the 'Heavenly Tower' by the purple-robed old man!

Of course, it wasn't that surprising that someone among Shun Long's group of five would fail the sixth trial. After all, Shun Long was well aware of how insidious this trial truly was. The only reason he had found it so 'easy' comparatively, was because his heart was crystal clear and didn't have that many regrets anymore.

What truly surprised him however, was that it was Bai Longtian the one who had failed here. Among Xingyi and the others, Shun Long believed that Longtian was the one with the strongest mental fortitude, as well as the one who would find it the least troublesome to pass this sixth trial.

After all, Liu Mei was certainly burdened by thoughts of her mother being alone back in the 'Roaring Waves Kingdom' even if she didn't talk about it, and she was also bound to feel some guilt towards her father and her brother deep in her heart.

Although she was the type of person who very rarely expressed her true feelings, Liu Mei had spent so many years by Shun Long's side, that he was well aware of what worried her and what didn't.

As for Xingyi and Jiang Chen, Shun Long knew that they were in relatively similar situations, so he could guess the type of 'nightmares' they would face in the sixth trial as well.

Xingyi had left her father and mother back in the Night Star continent to participate in the Holy sect's test and hadn't visited them in a very long time. Considering the overall situation their 'Silver mountain' was facing in the past, how could she not feel worried?! At the very least, it was bound to torment her in the nightmares she faced. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Jiang Chen's situation was even more troublesome than the two young women.

Shun Long was almost certain that throughout the sixth trial, Jiang Chen was going to face the most difficult challenges out of everyone else.

With the guilt he carried in his heart about his mother being a prisoner somewhere in the 'Immortal Dimension', and his father being crippled for so many years all because they had him as their son, was something that was bound to make him suffer during the sixth trial.

In fact, Shun Long believed that if anyone among them was to fail the sixth trial, that person was almost certainly going to be Jiang Chen!

And yet, despite huffing and puffing on the ground trying to gasp for air, Shun Long could see Jiang Chen having a look of triumphant glee in his eyes as he stared at the purple-robed old man. It was obvious that he had already conquered the sixth trial in time, albeit a bit too close for comfort!

It was actually Bai Longtian the one who had ultimately failed.

'Come to think of it, Longtian is the only one who is still a mystery to me. I don't know much about him, nor do I know what burdens he carries in his heart. All I know is that his father is the lord of a city called the White city back in the 'Night Star continent', but that's it.'

 As this thought appeared in his mind, Shun Long realized that he never really had a proper heart-to-heart conversation with Bai Longtian since they left the Holy sect.

Of course, Bai Longtian wasn't to blame for this either. Shun Long had never asked and Bai Longtian had never breached this topic either. The two of them had been so occupied and always on edge since they entered the Holy sect, that they never had the time to relax and have a chat.

They weren't strangers by any means and both of them treated each other earnestly, but there was always that thin veil of mystery covering Bai Longtian, one that Shun Long had never truly cared to tear off... not until today.

He trusted that his friend would open up to him once he was ready, and up until now, Bai Longtian had already proven that he cared for Shun Long and the others, and had risked his life alongside them on numerous occasions.

'Still, I should sit down and have a chat with him once this is all over. For him to fail in this sixth trial, things are definitely not simple. There is surely something burdening him.'

As he came to this conclusion, Shun Long's gaze turned even more serious as he looked at his friend's disappearing figure.

No matter what it was that caused Bai Longtian to fail the sixth trial, he was going to get to the bottom of this once they left the 'City of Immortals'. For now, Shun Long could only hope that the perfidious sixth trial had not really scarred Bai Longtian's mind.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Longtian's and the others' figures disappeared from the peak of the mountain, leaving behind only Shun Long, Jiang Chen, and everyone else who had already passed the sixth trial.

With a smile on his face, the purple-robed old man looked at the thirty people around him and said calmly

''Thirty-five people... That's more than the previous times I visited your mortal world! Not bad, not bad at all. Now, listen carefully you little brats. The rules of this seventh trial are very simple. You will fight among yourselves until only one of you remains!''